Why isn't Australia building cities in the desert and only on the coasts?

 https://www.quora.com/Why-isnt-Australia-building-cities-in-the-desert-and-only-on-the-coasts-To-my-knowledge-the-USA-has-plenty-of-desert-cities-so-why-not-here

Such a big land area, but with only a handful of cities.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-04/demographer-calls-on-australians-to-embrace-desert-change/7384346

https://indaily.com.au/opinion/2019/05/02/why-isnt-australia-planning-new-cities/

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/ng-interactive/2019/jul/09/cities-from-scratch-100-and-counting-new-cities-rise-from-the-desert-jungle-and-sea